HMS Carlisle (D67)

HMS Carlisle was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English city of Carlisle. She was the name ship of the Carlisle group of the C-class of cruisers. Carlisle was credited with shooting down eleven Axis aircraft during the Second World War and was the top scoring anti-aircraft ship in the Royal Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Carlisle.

In wartime camouflage, 1942
History
United Kingdom
NameCarlisle
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down2 October 1917
Launched9 July 1918
Commissioned11 November 1918
Reclassified
  • Converted to anti-aircraft ship in 1940
  • Base ship in Alexandria, March 1944
  • Hulk at Alexandria 1948
FateCTL 1943, broken up at Alexandria, 1948
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class light cruiser
Displacement4290 long tons
Length451.4 ft (137.6 m)
Beam43.9 ft (13.4 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power
  • Yarrow boilers
  • 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • Parsons geared turbines
  • 2 × propellers
Speed29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Rangecarried 300 tons (950 tons maximum) of fuel oil
Complement330-350
Armament
  • 5 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns
  • 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder guns
  • 2 × 2-pounder pom-poms
  • 1 × machine gun
  • 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour
  • 3in side (amidships)
  • 2¼-1½in side (bows)
  • 2in side (stern)
  • 1in upper decks (amidships)
  • 1in deck over rudder
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